SONIC SHUTDOWN
General Motors is eliminating a shift, and thus 500 jobs, at the plant in Orion Township, Michigan, because consumers don’t want subcompact cars. GM’s subcompact, the Chevrolet Sonic, suffered a 35% year-over-year U.S. sales decline in 2015’s first three quarters. The workers should be able to find work at another GM plant.

REVIEW
It’s not the Camaro you want, but it’ll likely be the one you’ll rent if you get a lucky upgrade from a Chrysler 200 in Orlando next winter. Car & Driver reviews the 2016 Camaro V6 with an automatic, saying, “The V6 pulls surprisingly hard and sounds fantastic while doing so,” and, “The optional eight-speed automatic is nearly as flawless.”

In a smaller announcement, Mercedes-Benz is recalling 2580 copies of the 2015 S550 4Matic Coupe; the AMG S63 4Matic Coupe and the AMG S65 because, ” left-side front seat belts may have been installed on the right-side and vice versa.”

WATCH
Hurricane Patricia is the strongest hurricane ever measured in the western hemisphere. Set to make landfall near Puerto Vallarta later today, Patricia’s sustained winds already top 200 mph.